This qualitative case study explored how students learning Maths at an Irish institute of higher education benefited from their instructor’s use of self-developed screencasts. The screencasts (47 in total) were posted on the institute’s Maths Moodle site for students to access. One hundred and thirty-eight (n = 138) students participated in an

This paper highlights the importance of identifying and implementing Power Usage Effectiveness metrics for measuring the performance and efficiency of data center to accomplish cost and operational savings. The research highlighted in this paper emphasizes the importance of green data centers to meet business industry requirements and to reduce the

The research presented here attempted to investigate the effect of humour on memory recall, while taking into consideration the mood of the participants. Participants were divided into two groups; neutral and dysphoric group. Both groups viewed humorous video clips which included displayed words and were asked to recall as many words from the video

Introduction/Objective: The risk of postpartum urinary retention (PUR) varies between 0.5% and 14.1% of deliveries. It is higher among the Asian population with prolonged first and second stage of labour, epidural analgesia and previous history of PUR. The objectives were to determine the local incidence of PUR and to evaluate the risk factors and

In January 2013, we undertook a case study to look at how first, second and third year AIT students taking Algebra and Calculus courses under Mr Frank Doheny (N=266) used screencasts to help them learn Maths. The screencasts, ranging between 1:49 and 11:20 minutes in length, were developed to demonstrate specific Maths keyskills that students had d

This qualitative case study explored the views of Irish college students regarding the benefits of screencasts in enhancing their Maths learning experience. A total of 47 Maths screencasts were uploaded onto the relevant Maths Moodle pages for students to access. An open-response survey asking about the benefits of the screencasts and how they help

This article reports on a study undertaken to explore the state of Malaysian university students’knowledge of green computing. Two types of knowledge were assessed, i.e. subjective knowledge and objective knowledge. The study also sought to ascertain the influence of gender and field of study on the two types of knowledge, and whether they were p

This paper presents the parameter optimization procedure for a new anthropomorphic finger mechanism in performing pinching and self-adaptive grasping operation. The mechanism is made based on the observation of human finger during grasping and pinching. It is constructed from seven bar linkages and its upper middle phalanx is incorporated with a cu

Leaps and bounds have been made in areas related to river basin management on a global scale, in line with vari- ous technological advances of the 21st century. We review six emerging trends related to water science, research and management. One of the main issues, which have come under the close scrutiny of the W&RBM SG, is international trans

BACKGROUND: Sea cucumber (Stichopus vastus) is considered an underutilized resource, since only its stomach and intestines are eaten raw as salad in a few countries and the remaining parts, especially the integument rich in collagen, is discarded.Hence a valuable by-product having potential nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications is wasted. I